Rana El Kadi

Co-led fellowship programs focused on care-centered, accessible, community-based solutions; facilitated co-design workshops and produced strategic recommendations to support equitable workforce development across arts and health sectors.

Led multimodal and speculative health-futures research with brain-injured women and disseminated findings via reports, exhibitions, and publications to inform accessible healthcare communication and rehabilitation practices.

Co-led a national disability arts research initiative, facilitated co-design with developmentally disabled artists, and taught undergraduate courses on mental health, disability, and social systems.

Co-developed organizational strategy and programming for a global research and design network focused on futures thinking, accessibility, and inclusive communications across education and creative sectors.

Led UX research, co-design, and iterative testing for a national platform supporting disabled artists, co-developing a difference-centered design methodology to inform digital inclusion and service design.

Managed national and international research partnerships on disability rights and family well-being; co-designed mixed-methods studies and produced strategic insight reports translating findings into policy and program guidance.

Led insight-to-concept research for an accessible digital arts and literacy initiative for older adults, directing virtual ethnography, co-design, and accessibility reviews across cross-sector collaborators.

Led sector-wide consultations and synthesized IRCC-funded partner insights to inform policy recommendations and support cross-sector collaboration in immigration, housing, and employment.

Developed youth-centred policy literacy and digital storytelling initiatives, co-designed capacity-building workshops, and secured international funding through insight-driven grant strategies.

Designed and implemented arts-based antiracism education and integration programs for immigrant and refugee youth, facilitating over 70 workshops and conducting systems assessments and program evaluations.

Ongoing professional development in UX design covering user research, prototyping, and usability testing.

Activities and societies: Designed and facilitated over 70 workshops for immigrant and refugee youth; conducted systems and needs assessments; program development and evaluation.

PhD research in Ethnomusicology focused on arts-based antiracism education and integration programs, including curriculum development, program implementation, and evaluation.

Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on marketing, providing foundation in business and communications.

Master's level study in Ethnomusicology combining anthropological and musicological approaches to research.

Completed courses in Human Centered Design and Radical Listening focused on participatory design and empathetic research methods.